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Four teens accused of gluing locks at Greenbrier High School in May pled not guilty to the charges Friday.

Greenbrier seniors Brooklyn Leigh Bella, Dynisha Antionette Clemons, Elizabeth Sutton Metz and Kristin Arey Tannehill – were indicted in July for second degree criminal trespass. They pled not guilty to the charges at an arraignment hearing in Evans.

The assistant district attorney who prosecuted the case against Scott Dean in 2011 can take the word “assistant” off his title when he becomes district attorney of the North Georgia Circuit in January.

Parks White, 37, beat Robert Lavender in Tuesday’s Republican primary; there are no Democratic challengers in the November election.

Columbia County planning commissioners gave their approval Thursday for improving cellphone coverage for motorists and residents near the Columbia County Fairgrounds.

The board recommended 4-0 rezoning more than 17 acres at 5030 High Meadows Drive, just off William Few Parkway, to special district for construction of a 195-foot-tall wireless tower. Chairwoman Jean Garniewicz was absent.

A Martinez woman told authorities Tuesday that someone she had invited over to swim attempted to drown her.

The 37-year-old woman said she invited a male friend and his friend to her home to go swimming. She said they were hanging out around the pool, drinking alcohol and swimming at about 11 p.m. when the man grabbed her from behind and dunked her underwater three times, according to a Columbia County Sheriff’s Office incident report.

An Evans woman called deputies Monday evening after catching two children trying to start a fire at the neighborhood gazebo.

The Summerton Circle resident said she saw two children, ages 12 and 13, trying to start a fire with a gas can just after 5:30 p.m. near the gazebo in the common area of the Jessica Creek at Knob Hill subdivision, according to a Columbia County Sheriff’s Office incident report. When she came outside, the woman said the children ran back to their home, leaving the gas can and lighter behind.

A shopper jumped the gun Wednesday morning by calling authorities about someone firing a gun at an Evans shopping center.

The caller said someone was firing some type of handgun into the air at about 9 a.m. outside the Marshall’s store in Mullins Crossing, according to police scanner traffic.

Columbia County sheriff deputies at the scene said the sounds came from a construction worker using a nail gun. He was working on a column outside Ross’s, a store next door, and wasn’t threatening anyone.